It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.

Being patted is what it is all about.

We derive immeasurable good, uncounted pleasures, enormous security, and many critical lessons about life by owning dogs.

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

It looks like a miniature hippopotamus with badly-fitting panty hose all over.

Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around.

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.

Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand.

Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs.

Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible.

Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes.

But wherever there is man, there must be some sort of route

With improved historical records, and easier access to them, we actually have better reasons for hating one another, for anger and violence toward one another.

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot.

You try, you seem totally nuts, you go underground.

The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.

I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades, only I seldom had bread.

I mean, I had fast motor cars and fast motor bikes, and when I wasn't crashing airplanes, I was crashing motor bikes. It's all part of the game.

We live in what's called an open society, which of course means they open our emails, open our phone records, and open our medical records.

Trading gives you an incredibly intense feeling of what life is all about.

Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his hear.